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Biglaw Firm Tries To Do Juneteenth And It's A Little On The Nose

Aww... at least they're trying.

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Hey, it’s Juneteenth. If you don’t know what that is, I hate you.

To be honest, I haven’t felt much like having a freedom jubilee these past couple of years. Juneteenth is always supposed to be about continuing the unfinished work of liberation, but during the Trump era, that work seems so very “unfinished.”

But don’t mind me. Juneteenth is important because it’s important that we remember and resolve to move forward. Let’s check in with how Kirkland & Ellis is commemorating the day:

Oh dear. Slave chain-breaking clipart is probably NOT the way I would have gone. Like, we all get what they’re going for but… “Come be free of the SHACKLES OF BONDAGE at our soulless corporate breakfast” just doesn’t hit the right note here.

At least they’re trying. I wish Joe Biden had gone to the Kirkland breakfast for Juneteenth, instead of praising his own ability to be friends with segregationists.

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Elie Mystal is the Executive Editor of Above the Law and a contributor at The Nation. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at elie@abovethelaw.com. He will resist.

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